Back2G case: Special court to hear final arguments from Wednesday
The court has recorded statements of 154 CBI witnesses
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New Delhi: The final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, in which former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others including some top corporate executives are facing trial, are likely to commence tomorrow before a special court in New Delhi.
Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini, who is exclusively dealing with all the 2G scam related cases, had on 24 March fixed the matter for tomorrow for commencement of final arguments after concluding recording of evidence.
In its charge sheet, the CBI had alleged that there was a loss of ₹ 30,984 crore to the exchequer in allocation of 122 licences for 2G spectrum which were scrapped by the Supreme Court on 2 February 2012.
The CBI has examined 154 witnesses in the case while the accused called 29 witnesses in their defence. The recording of evidence in the case involving Raja and 16 others had started on 11 November 2011, after the court had framed charges against the 17 accused named in the first two charge sheets filed by the agency.
The court has recorded statements of 154 CBI witnesses, including Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani, his wife Tina Ambani and former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, running into over 4,400 pages in the case. Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja’s erstwhile private secretary R.K. Chandolia, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra, three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG)—Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair—are facing trial in the case.
Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV director Sharad Kumar and Bollywood producer Karim Morani are also accused in the case.
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